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At a Meeting of the General Sanitary Committee of Montreal, held at the Court Iloaso, December 15, 1834, the Special Commitioc appointed July IS, 1831, made a Report of its proceedings. The Report of the Special Committee having been sub- mitted, was unnnimously approved. " Ordered, That the Special Committee shall cause to be printed such a number of copies of the Report as thoy shall deem neces- sary, with liberty to add to it any other document relative to the same. CHARLES MONDELET, Hon. Secretary M. S. C' REPORT, &c. To the General SanUnrj Commillce of Montreal, the Special Committee of rice Members appointed on the ICth day of Jidi/ lasti 'Report — * That at the tiiu- of the noml'.uitlon of your Conimitt-c^.thn Asiatic Cholera was making- sudden and fVuriul ravage^ m tins c:ty, and was sprcadiiu'- iato the iiei[\hhouriit^" p.mshos. That there v.as neither ai. appropriation ot pulhc nionev, nor ro,^uhition3 of Qaavar.tine lor tlie District oi" MouUcal, uor board or'llealtli h^'^dlv i'stabli>hed. That his l£xce!lenev the Governor in Chief had refused not only to extend the hi / of iiaarantine to the Distru-t ot jn.ntre;;l, not- withstanding the e:irly s.lieitation cf the ^•an:tary Comnuttee, and the annllcatiou o'^ tlie Citv Corporation, upon th - hrst appearance of Cholera; hut h:ul aL^o'rciused to niako any auvanee ot inoncy whatever freiu tiu^ puhlie fund s aliedging tluit ui so don.g hu in- curred too heavy a n^j^pen ibilily. . , ,. , • i •» Tliattho Corporation of tlu. City ether dul not, or conceived it (lid not possess authority to employ the city revenues for sanitary purposes of such a natuVo as the circumstances ot the moment ce- niandcd. ■, e r ^ „«.i ti^nf That the Emip-ant Society Nvas possessed of no lunds ; and that there was in the Vjhod., rear the Ciiolera Hospital, a number of emi- grants destined for Unpar Canada, w1h> were r.naldo to in-oceed for the want of pecuniary means ; and as this nura'oer was daily increas- ing by arrivals from Quebec, the forwardin- of Limgrauis became • At a mootin- of the Ccncral S.iuitiiry Committee of MotUreal, held at iU Court IIouHc«, July IG, lH3t, It n-ns Ficsolvcj, That a S;.'Ti:il Coui.nitt.'O of ilvc Lr-mbcrs, immrly, .Alc-.^rs, Ffmx Simtmcnt, ToassAiNT l>i:.,riUR, T. S. C.ow.v, J. D. Cnrr., ami Im. vnc;o.s l)F.sxuTKt,s. b.. a,.i,nl.>tv.l, v..st..a wltli a!! ihe pavvers l;..lon,inij to the Sa.utary CommUiec of :\Iot,tmi1, will, autl.o'.ity to in poi>»;t's- sioii of no fiinds, they acceded to iui liifor made by yoar ('oraniittee, Avlio t(.,o]: upuJi lluniselves, but eistireiy as a sauitaiy jaeaiure, the the eliiii'j'^o of fovwaidin/^ yoor Ruv.vjwnts. Yrom tiiat Taiits Iiavo been relieved by your Coniinl'vtoe, of wlioui 3,7S3 liav(.' brcn forwarded towards their jdace.- of desiiuaticni, a d fiirnlslied v.hh provi.-ioiv' for liieir jour- ney, iit its expense and unde?.' its conlroL In tlie inidsit of eireumstaTu es so appniliiuv, ^o unforeseen, and so totally uii])rovidod for, wdtu- li tlicn spread dosohition and deatii tlironj'iv t!io District, of jMo.itrc^al, did tiio iiidividnals eonij)osine:ud)ien and IMonro, Physlcirau; app.'duted by the Corparation, and tlie othei- two were occupied by EndL>n'ants; but as the nund)er of sick augmented it became necessra-y to convert anotlier of these Slieds into a Conval- v'sceui rio5{)ital, for the reception of those v/lu) Avere recoverinaf . from the violtme of the disease. Eeds, '. eddincv^' and every thing that wasreqr.irtd or deemed ueccisruy by the Physicians to place these tv.'o Hcspltals up j'l a footi-ig- as respectable a.nd conunodious as their temporary in1e:iti.'n could d^ m;ind, vras furnishetl by your Committee, who considered tlie m lintcna.ice of these Establish- ) * The bedding and oilier cilccts bJonjjing to thn Hospitals liavo hron carefully cli'Jinsed ;uid stored aw;iy, to le in rcadiues^ ibi" seivice, should they iigain be reqaired. I i I I I SANITARY CO.AIMITTEK. 5 .nonts in ;ui cITiciout touai! ion to I)0 of vital nn]M)rttnu'c to i\w. city rj^e no rally. Youf Coniniittco IkivI:;?;- Ixhmi in Jilmost hourly iiiU'iKliinco at tlic IJospital, iHUsl lii'ar ti'stiiviony, th;tt it is to tli.- zca!, tlio Innnanity and tho iimveariod attention oi" t!:o IMsy^icianL'?, and to tlio rof^nlar <(>ndnct, kiiuliK'ss a:;iifii-.r .Inly 7. Iii days li.iii Hfifi.-r, 417 <1(>. — \iLt.()iy iliunis, airivi-d.it One. cc July 'J, ju days IVc-m Hull, -'.'7 ilo. lO'-l-t(m<<. fSoO pa^scfifni-'-' The John appears to hav(« been dr'tainiul at firo?se I.sle two day;*, ajid the llawlvshnry and Victory one day. At (jjiehec the jias- seii,!^(U's hy the tiuee ve:i>sels became inlermixed, and embarked toy(!ther in the same steamboats for iMonlreal. 'i'itere is no evi- dence of sickness on board of tiie Uawk^bury or tiie Victory, bnt lOtn'o wcriilive deitliis on board the ,T(diii ; ai:d tiie iir^t ca- sciis.iii, IXad, Disfliaii;'''! 10 (he Cl<>iivalc'-"('nt II(;s|iiial, DiM'li.ir!;('(l and scut lo tin- IMdiitroiil (ifiii'ial Ijti.sjiilal 310 rsaiives of Ireland 1':') Do. of Scotland, ]!) 1\>. oi' Ell!; land, 17 I3'i. ui' Cmada, 1.) Do. ot'the United Stativs, .'> Jiidiaiis ., i Mak's, Ki? i'Vuialcs, tU.'j Catliolirs, l.'i^ Protestants, lit I ■>l it I j; '.H • Tlie attention of the Reverend Gentlemen of the Seminiiy to the sick was above all praise. B ii' ! I G IlErORT OF THE Of tljo porr.oiis not of CiUKulian origin, ii inr.jinll y woro Einiii:rnnt» of tlio |>ri;.-i'ijt season, of wimni llio jMwitot I'.iiiiiluT wi'r(! juliuilted iiiio tiu! iJosjiital siioilly afii-r llit'ir lu'iii'.v l.nult'd i'l llio city. It is ul^o 1,0 b(MU)li(UMl tli;it most of llu'.^i^ cases, vJiCtlicr iVv.iii llso stoam- boatj or fi'oin llie (ily, wore of a g'lMvo character, many of tlieni be- in^ aoaiitleJ I;i a dyii!;'; state. It is -vvortliy of ri':v.:ul: tliat iho arrival of a s^tcainltoat fi'CMn Que- bec miK'li encnm!)(>ri'il wilb passiMiu'ci's always occasioned a number of nc'.v cases, a'itl!(!!i,';h a pi-opoiiioii wvvc iVoni am;>np^ persons iihv'ady resident in tlie city, and these c.ises nearly ahvays proved the mo^t [TiMvc in their fii'st approailu's, and nu>.>t f.ital in llicir residt. A la>v v.ijlib should hereai'ter limit the number of passen- gers by t ti>aniboats durinj;* the hot season, \\-onhl be, in tlie opinion of your Committee, an iuivantngeons (iKictment. Yoiu' Cur.iinllteo lias not confined its opera.tlons to tbe City of Mo3!treal. It ctniyidei'ed it iaqioi'tiint tluit S;miiary Commilleos should he t'st.ildi-vhed al;;i::;' the p;'incip:d lii'.e of emi;.rra'ion ; in con- seqm^r.ce of wliiv'h it ('.-le.h'.ished sidj-.-aniiiiry cciiiir.itlecs at tlic Ca.-cado:!, the Cedie;; and i;t Colean-du-Lac, or rather one sub-sani- tary committee for these t!ire(> j)!aees; and it has e.lso kept its(lf in ooiunnmii-atlou Nviih t!:e sa.iitary couimitte(» of i.arhie.e, Tiie dis- bursements of these commiltees have been jiaid hy your Conuuittee, ■\vitii the exception of a hiiiiall sum raised by the iijiuibitants of Lachi ne. — Sec Ai>>:r}, di.v. By combinir.p; two depaitment-:'^ that may at first si;i,ht apj)ear distinct, but wiiieii by peieliar circun.>t;inces wvro. found to be intimately connected, year (.!',)nunitte(! lias is;id nceasion to in(juiro into and to colk>ct imuli vuliKible infiirmalimi relative to the enii- jvralion iVom t!ie motlu-r cnun'.ry, pai ticnhuly wilh reuu'enee to its comiection Avith ;i ])e.^r.lence that lias twice ravat;"ed the C.ui.;das, and to becojue intimately ac((u.ninted v,\{\\ the real condition and resources of thousands of tuiieiiu!;' hmaaii heint's. Conuno'.i avarice, and t]u> ly find little in ' tlujir present eondi'iion or i'nlnro prospects, to iiind them to tlio place; of their nativity, and who IVetpiently know little of the natnn^ of a sea voy;it*"e, .-ci/..; n[)on tiii'so op[)ortnnitiei! of cheaf) conveyance and promise of extenrivo aci^ommodations, to expatriate themselves and join the friends, who report informs them, have risen to a snj)erior station in the land of their adoption. They are assnred that it is only necesr-ary to provide liiepri(X' of a passaji^e and six weehs' pro- vision^^, bec.'ume tho ve.^scd never nvade a loire;t'r voya^^-e, and that when onco landed in Qnebec, if other meanij fail, tliero are societies fertile express purpose; of forwardinp^ theni to their j)laees of des' tination. The «lay iixed for tin? vessel's ,ed to subsist upon hi.; sea-:3t;)re.s, Ir.'.ppv if the temptations to extravacfance and exjjense so common in sea port tov,ns, (h> not lead him to dissi- pate the little i)ecn!!iary means tliat are still left to him. At List tlie vessel sails. The p;iss:!;:^e by the^rven more weeks; and the unlnchy emigrant, wlio linds hir/.self ont of provisions, is forced to bny at a hirociire for him;^eIf iuid his iamily M-hat is absolnlely necessary to prevent their dyijiii;' (d' hnn- ger.f They tli,>n become ie(d)Ie from exhanslion, and bein:,'- foi'ced to remain in a phue crowded with [la'^^-en^'ers, and encnmbered by berths, in an atm()S[)hcre {)oisonons and corrnpted, they are inevit- ably rendered liable to eontrixt, to propa^'ate, and to be sacrificed to any prevailiun' mala.ly, Avhetlier indii^entjus to the conntry, or brought to it by them>elves.:j: • liri^'s of i\l)oiif 200 Ions arc onr.sfniidy advrrllsi'd in larijc jilacai.'ls iiiiMicly jiosttul as vc.s:>i'Is of .VU) (i;iis, and .siii[i.s of aLdiit -IGO (oiis r.s V('ht;i'i\> of fioiii fiOO to lOUO tons. M;;ny of thcsn Ii'aky old shiji's niakt' several feet of water on the pas- sage, liy wlii(di the ]iro\ isicns of tile iia^sei!!.',('is have heen in jiart (Ie^t^oyed. f Couii)]ainls alioiit the (,'.iaiily of watce weie very ficiieial. It was often liad, ldu(! iind unservicealiie, ow in;,;- jcrohably to haviii;; been In.'iiuhideiately iiUed info foul easks. A defit ieni^y of (quantity on luiaid often ('omjielled the jjeijii'u to nsc the river water win le il was lii;>eKi>ii iind nnwhole-onie. Tl;e allowance to ehil- di'cn is far too small. r\Iol!ier:> were frefiiseiitly Men <^o'\\\'^ fioni liii'lh to berth occupied by i^rown i)eojile to be;; a little, to stojt the erics of their families. I A jjveut number cf deaths oeeur on luiaed of En^ij^rant vessels on their pas- 13 2 8 ia;rouT oi" nii; Without entering iiilu tliu dotall ofstalin;;- tluf prcriso ninnhoi tliat may liavo been ciutwdiul in any one jiiuticnlar vessel, it is a constant oeeurrenco tliat the nuujl)i'r oi' passengers exeeeds nnieh that whicli slionltl be allowed to the vessel, according to her register, or to a regard to tlie bealtli, the convenieiuie, or the eomt'ort ot tiiese passengers.* Fifteen years ago, when iinijorative eirennistances I'ompoUed the United States to take this suhjeel into consideration, a law was passed limiting the number o[' passengers by each vessel to two for every hvc tons, and [n*ovidiiiir also for iheir sustenanee.-|- The effect of this simple law has been such that we never hear of suffering oi misery among the emigrants who disonbark at the American ports, while the emaciated comlition of tlnnisands who land upon our shores, especially the wouumi and children, must, to all who are ucqu'iinted with the robust (jonslitiition of the natives of the liritish Isles, be daily evidence of t!ie hardships to which they have been subjected. So great is the amoinit of tonnage now emj)loyed in the Canada trade, that though the ninuber of ])ass(Migers \vas ev^in limited to one for every six tons, liiere wctuhl still ho. snffu;ient to transport a greater number of emigrants than have arrived at Quebec iu either of the two past years. If we consider that the present uiuvstraini-d system of emigration will have the effect of tui'ning froia the route of (he kSt. L;fivr«Mico every emigrant in easy circumstances, v. ho will ciu-ry to a neigh- bouring country the capital and the enterprise that would make I sage ; but thwy nrc principally o arc li.'ast capalilr of enduring the sutiVritigs to wiiicii all art; sii'jt'clcd. A tiialogue liiv(' tiie lullnwing occurred daily at tlio Emigrant Ollici' : — " Was tiU'ii" si( knc .ss mi boaid ol' your vessel?" •' None."— " Any di'atlu?" " No, none."— " No DuAiii.-, !" " Oh onlt/ two old people and sinne litllo children/' * The Thomas Gelstono, from Loiidondcrry, and Stirling Castle, iVotn Islay, are specimens ; the former a sl;ip ol 'tiU tons, and r. early ./til.) iiasscngcrs ; the latter of 3 iO tons and 3G8 ])assrnger.s. Doth tho^e vessels had hi rtlis down the centre, with a passage between of only two or three feet. ^Vhole faniilics of eii;ht or ten souls were lodged in a berth, where they were obliged to eat, liaving no room elsewhere. The stench and fmil air were dcscriiied as intolerable, A great number of deaths occurred anion;; tin; iJiissengcis by these vessels before tliey reach- ed Upper Canada. Like passengers fioni a crowded steamboat they stdd(un sur- vived an attack of cholera. f By the American Law the ship is compelled under heavy jten.ilties to have on board, over and above what may l)e provided by the passengers, one hundred pounds of salted provisions, one lunulred pouiuls of shi|i bread, sixty gallons of water, and one gallon of vinegar for each and every passenger. The number of j)assengers is also restricted under Iiea^ penalties to two ior every live tons of measurement. tlie E again, of the ^ SAXITAIIV ("(JMMITTKK. llllllxM it is ii llllirll ^•ister, tikvit' 9 iiig or ports, II our o aro Uritish 4'voii liis transit tliniiipfli tlio juovinro n .sourco of j)rofil to oursfilvcs r It' \v«' roHsidtT that tliis roiU(f is the most diroct iVom the IJritisIi IsIl's to tho fontro «»t' the American Continent; th;it it is annnaliv beciunin^ more economical and more; oxpediiinns by nu-aiis of ini- provi'inents in internal navif;ation ; and that it nnist contimu^ to he advantap^eons so Kniji,- as tho f(trest;^ nml the iields of Cjunida euii- timio to fnrnish vahiahlj n>lnni carf»",(es to an immense qnantity oi British Sliippinfj;', it becomes an object (if hit>h importuiice to se«-iMc to oursidves tho advantages that can I)e dt lived I'nnn emiynitioii. withont exposing- onrselves to its disiistfons abuses. In the opinion of your Connnittee, :i si;npU> hwv for rot'idatinfr the nundter nf piissen^ers that eacli vessel shonM be allowed to hriiii^-, and for eompcllini^ the ship to provide a fall allowance ot provisions, winild prodnce tho desired eti'ect ; and this law rig'onr- itlemiu tinit Inis in tho yeai> 183:^ and 1834-, (1833 having- been the only season dnriii'^- •which the Emia^runt Tax was in fidl operation.)* carried off nearly one- tenth of tho popidation of this province; that has impeded, and in a measure, destroyed our internal ti-ade ; that h;'s di^precialeil tin value of all fixed property ; — and that would, by its recurrei'.ce. prove the total ruin of ccnninerciid transactions ; or at least ;•() im- pair th(> necess;ary confideiu-e bet\veen nun-chant and merchant, that 3 nu;ii of c':ii)ital or j)rudence would sjcurcely venture to eiubark in ^s extensive operations. I Leavin;;- aside, then, all (juestions respectin?^- the commnnica- ' itility of Choler.'!, ami all dis[>ntes between (-in'.fliiiin;.;- wi-it!;rs, ', who, witliont knowled;i;-(^ of f^^enend iact-J, endeavour to biiild up 'I theories upon the evidence; of isolated individual ca:-;es that niny by I (iianco hiiMi coujo under their «d>?erv:'.tion, tin; siirirle well esta- I blished fVa^t, that it has in botli its visitations to this j>art of the j Continent, attended every line of endiAration, winle ail jiliices t(» ; Avhich Emigration has not been diret-teh tliey disL-ovcred, ou landii)^^ in Canada, ihat it was not demanded of the Captain. C i il !l 10 REPORT OF THE the ill-flircctccl Emigration to Lowi* Canada is not always of tlii^ advantagoons diaiaL-ti-r. Tlicio is too niiicli reason i'or l)clioving that the alHueiit,* to rid iheniselves of'iieedy dependants, ainl parishes t(» ridtlieiMselves (it'sajierahinidant panpers, |- iiave, witli an nnf'eeling iadiilerence ex(:eedinsI(h'rii(eIy, JJirou-n upon thesyni- ]iathy of Ids ^Majesty's sni>jei'ts in Lower Canada, a e!);ir,i»o that the law of nature and the laws or iheir own eountry eompelled tlicm to support. O^" lo'3,()00 iMnii^n-ants who hav(» lamled in (Juehec since 1831, more than :>0,(U)I), or one-lit'lh of the whole, Inive applied for assistan'x^ out of public funds at tin i'.nng'rant (illiiee in this city }il(nie, while a more direct tax, most enormous in amount, is daily levied hy tln» constant demai'ds u[)<>n private chiuity. Every institution in tins countiy, however prai'^eworlhy may be the motive, that tends directly ov indirectly to induce this last description of einii>ration, Ldionid, fu* th(» ji-eneral henefit of the province, cease its operations ; and y(uir Committee, Avithout hesi- tation, strongly reconnnend, that except in unforeseen cases, our citizens should he prevailed upon hereafl{>r Jieii'u'i" to form such Bocieties, or to contribute to them, from a certainty that tliey have thus far proved an enticement to beggary from abroad, and an en- couragement for it here. The appointment oC Emigrant Agents hotli in the United Kinpf- dom and in this Province, appears to have been jjroductive of little benefit, either from tiie want of authority, the want of imlustry, or the want of capacity of the persons so a(;pointed, while their salaries might have been devoted to better i)nv])oses. While your Comnnttee were occn[)ied in forwardistg the greatest number ot indigent emigrants — w!:en the epidemic was raging- with its utnn)st fury — tlipy only learned in the pubic |»ajie:s of the arri- val in thii city of hi:u who styles hiaiaeJf " His .Majesty's Chief • To instiii);^R .1 c'.i^c. K'Miny I'^il/p:itri;'n, w\{h ii!s wilV. sivn (•liildrcn, his nephew, ;ni(i liis niicc, cIi'ncu i;i ;i!i. y.i-t. landed IV in tl^' sicMiiln :it, wrro sittiiiij o:» a io;,' ii":ir tiic Ciiiivl, not kiiov.iiii^ \v':!t to sa^o to liuebuc, MSUriii;,' tlicni lliat they wtmM lind ininv diati.' ^al]ip ill on lanii^n.;. t In^t iiiccs ca iiu! to l!u' ly they 10 sym- Ihat tlie hem to ft; since lied for Ills city is daily Ag'ont Air Euil.:; ranis;;" hnt tlicy have never had lh{» Iiononr of seeiuL;' hlia at tiio ]Mai;i^raiit OiUcc, nor liave they h d the advan- t'i^'e of kiiDwinii,', or ()rhL';'.i'ing, what services ho may have rendered to (listres!(e( I i: :niu'raiits. se to The (j>u:ira'.itine Sj,;i!;ion at Grosse T:>leis another siiliject to whieli yonr Conunitte ' is (k;siron-! ot directiiiu;' your atteaiiou. Wit'innt u'ishin'j;' t.) attribuio or to attach hlamo to any j)er>;on in particular, your Coininit((!e consider:; it a duty to expr(?ss their conviction thai this i!^stal)lis!i!n at has heen in reality nol. a safeiniard a^vainst the opide:r.ic, i)nt on the conlri'.vy its t'ostcnn* and pi ojK'.j^atoi". Whether tlio hiw is (h'f.utive or too imperative, or wiu'ther its oxec-ufion liai< been coniidiMl to ineiri;'ient hands, .'.re (juesti')ns upon Aviiicli voia* Committee rected there do not in mI-.^' oi" structure a})pear t<. have he-n iiitended for tlie protection of human hein^'.-;. Jiidi'ed, the ICmi^'rant possesred of If-respect, often preferred remainii.f^' on the b;ire rock, e:;po?ed I the inclenu'ncy of the Aveatlier, rather thiin shu'p amont;" the con- gregated lamdreds under the sheds, lest he should there'jy hasten the a})proacii of a disease, that \vus Imrrying, on every side, his fcllo\v-pa»>eni;ers to eternity. The detention of |)asseni>ers for several weeks, wlien slcknesa lias a})j)eare,l among them, may have been prudent and commond- able ; but tlui prices of provisions at the Island ai)pear to have exceeded the UMial price in our maskiits to a degree tluit t-lionhl not have been |)ermitt<(l; inasnnich as the detention of individuals was a forcild(? dcMeiition ado[)ti'd with a view to preventi;:g the intro- duction of di;.;'a«e into tlie country, ;ind tlierefore the Statitm should not have been <;ouverted into a field of monopoly and unwarrant- able sp(>cula':ion. Your ("ommittee are compelled to remml:, that tlicy l;:'.ve heen under the neces;-lty of ussis-tiiig many lamil:e.>, w!;0; but for their • As ('■.■;;niiii!''s-, t'l!' ^\'illl;l!n, TLm d'aiian, wiili '.](]() or more it;;s';piii:('rs, ^^•;l•^ rc.l iiiiicnii ili(':ii. Shi? \.i;s tlica sovpial (lays iit (Jiiaiiiuliiic bt luro sir!.;!i'.ss ;i)1M';: dctaiiit'il aliiiit a luoiitli, .> (iricn ,1 hack, afliT liaviiii; ticii di ^rliar.'c I iVom QiiaraiUiiii' iiud cuiliiii'd in as'u.i, (li.piiMiiicd liy ll.c ii\( r (.ii »i;.i' sliic aiid liy bai/oints vu (he ollici'. I'rnin lliis Ih.xcK IIoi.i; a (lailv ur lit was madi! I'or tl.o IIo,s]iiUili itiiiil lV(fi>i iO to 100 iiad (li.-;;!j>i),'arL'd. 8, 'aire one entire lauiilv t^npears tol lavc t'~eai)e( ^eral l':imilie.s j.i'.^<'ii(ed |lieiii>elv( s at the J';i>ii.^i';,tit Ollien wIjo had lost yi.'i)' (ir _//(•(,' ol' their iDcn.lieis. 'J lie Ant i!il".l':t\l l;/ ccrii'ott. 'J'o use the liiii ;ii i;;e ol a |la^sen^(■l• : " 7Vi(7/ iccrc ixnt convciiicii to llm llosyiUd to stt ifainj :>fi/iciii icouLl t'.ihc t/- i/c/.v.Wi-, " l!2 llErOUT OF THE long detention at Grosse Isle, and conscqaont expenditure of means, would liavo required no relief in ',)assiiig' tlirougli the province.* Preparations at Grosse Isle appear to liavc been made only for the detention of the ordinary r-ews of merchant vessels. It should have been remembered at the opening of the navigation that the St. Lawrence is the great thoroughfare of Emigration, and a con- sequent knowledge of the thousands that would, of a certainty, land in the months of June and July, should have caused the j)reparatiou of extensive accommodations, and of an abundance of cheap provi- sions, that would have protected the healthy from exposure, and the indigent from starvation, especially as the detained were to pass perhaps several hundred miles through the country after their release, and would carry the effects of confiuement, privation and ill treatment through the whole couutry. Whether the Quarantine Act now in force has been ])roperly exe- cuted or not, your Committee is of opinion that it should be revised, and that an investigation should be instituted upon its execution at Gi'osse Isle during the present season. This revision and investi- gation would give the Legislature of this Province an opportunity of basing a Quarantine Law upon practical experience. A new Quarantine Act, with a law fixing the number of passen- gers in vessels from beyond sea, in the manner already recommended, would prove measures of great advantage to the province and ad- jacent countries. The provisions of this law should extend to the whole province. The establishment of a depot below Quebec, where steamboats could go and take passengers; and the establishment of another depot among the islands below this city, that your Com- mittee have visited and made the subject of matiwe deliberation, where Emigrants who do not intend remaining in Lower Canada might debark and re-embark in boats direct for Uj)per Canada, without landing in Montreal, or accumulating in low taverns, adding to the dangers of contagion during the heat of sunnner, Avould be, in the opinion of your Connnittee, not only advantageous to the cities and province, but to the Emigrants themselves. The fatal effects that have frequently occurred from crowding tin; boats and barges employed in the navigation to L^pper Canada, may re- quire some regulations for limiting the number of passengers. In an incorporated city, the existence of a Sanitary Connnittee without authority is a complete anomaly. If this Comniittee does * Some were compollpil to sell tlieir clotlios, evrii to coat atul slioi-s, to enable them to purchuse provisions. Tlie cUithe.s of many wevv scizi'd liy tlie Captains of tlio Steamboats tor the tare from Quebec; but dicy wei'e fjeii'ially (bliviicd back wiicn It was Uiscovereil tlmt the pi'ople were really penniless. Wliol.' families, for want of money, walked from Qnebee, at a time when competitiou had reduced the fare by steamboat to two shillings and siripcncc. SANITAIIY COMMITTEK. 13 nothinj^ it is uselass. If it is active, tliis very activity tends to ren- der the Corporation less respected, if not ridiculoiis. A Corpora- tion, to exist at all, should he invested with all the ])(>\vers relative to sanitary measures that are usually intrusted to city corporations, in order that the responsibility, iu times of emerg'oncy like that of the past season, may fall upon constituted authorities, atid not upon five individuals, hastily appointed. Your Committee, before dosiug* their Report, would fail in duty if they did not acknowledge their polite recei)tiHn by the Hon. P. M'GiLL, President of the Bank of Montreal, who before your Committee procured the funds that liave been at its disposal, mjuio answer to their personal application, that the Bank Avould readily advance the amount re(piirod. Your Comraitt(>e also acknowledge the receipt of £130 4 11, from the Bank of Hlontroal, being- the balan(;e of a sum generously voted by the Bank for charitable pur- poses in 1832. Your Committee having in the discharge of their various duties been obliged to put themselves iu frequent communication with the local authorities, acknowledge with pleasure the alacrity and etfi- ciency with which assistance has been rendered by these authorities whenever it has been required. The whole, nevertheless, submitted. ■ F. SOULIGNY, T. S. BROWN, TOUSSAINT PELTIER, FRANCOIS BESAUTELS, JAMES DUNCAN G!BB. Montreal, December 15th, 183-1. AI».Pffii^'l^I^. The followiii!? Correspondence ro-.nlted from a Memorandiini de- tailing the condition of the City of IVrontreal, and ot the Emi- grants then arrivin-, which was handed to the Hon. P. M'Gill, by the Special Saiiitary Committee at the momeut ot commen- cing their operations : — MoNTUHAr, 18th Jalij, 1831. ConsideritiiT it<.f!?rcat impnvtanne tl.at tlic Govon.mcnt of Upper Canarta Bhonld be made a.quaintea witl. tl.e true state of tlm-us h.-re, as n-ai;ds the publia health I b"' to enclose a hastv but well fom.ded M.nu.ra-nlu.u f-.r h.s Lxcellency ?he Lieut" ant Governor's inVor.nafu.n. I have fa.the. to add, that the C.ty Si-pomtion, and other I'ul.lie Bodies, are snbscrllm.,^ nnd bo.rown.,^ money for t?e u L of forvvanlin, all the .lestitnte Kn.i.n.nts on to ^^-^ ^-^^^ "^ reiri-et to say that the number of su, h this season .s very eons,< erable. It meani onrausSort'andsonu. pn.vi.u.ns a-.e n,.t alVo.ded then, on teu- arrival at P.e^ cott, their sufferinus will be great and disease may be extended. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient, (Si-ued) PLTER M'GILL. Lt. Col. Rowan, Toronto, U. C. GOVE UNDENT HOUSE, Tono.NTo, 23d Jahj, 1834-. SIR, I have the honour of aeknowled.h,, the rorelpt of ^^-^^^,^^1^1^^ "S^l^t::.^:^^^ lu. the r.eeption of E.i.nn.ts th.t may arr.ve at that ^'^'havea.otoae.u.ntyoubythed,.sh.ec.^ js:ti;:iSi;:rs:r;h:;m;r.;;-'^^ coura.,'o any nu'.nbor of Eur-gnints arriving at .\Io;itreal duung th. bua.on pu 6ue their journey to the Upper IViJvinee. I have the honour to be, Sir, yom- most obeilleni humMe Servant, (Sisucd) WILLIAM ROWAN. To Hon. P. M'Gill, :MontrcuI. I » !4 1() APl'ENDIX. (COPY.) li SIR, EMIGRANT 01- Fin:, ToRoNT<», '2lkl Jidi/, 1831<. I am ilircctod by the Lieiitoiiaiit G>>v('viior to anniaiiit you, tliat in coiisc- <|iiuiice of the i^reat ntiuilier i)t' Einigriiiits tliat will jtioltably airivc at I'rescott (luring this week, every exertion must bi- nsed on your jiart in lu'ovidin^ i'or tjjc aceommodation of Einisnints in cases of sickness, and for tlnir removal to tlic Emigrant Hospital, and also in n\akiiig ;;rraut;eineiits for tlie iminediati- dcj)arf i:re of all indigent Emigrants, who cannot iiiid euijiloyment in your iieiglibourhood. You were, in my letter of yesterday, infninied ol' the mode, which is to be followed in regulating the Emigrant Hospital at IJrockville, and that a stated daily allow- ance will be authorised for each i)atient a(hnitted into tiie lli)>i>ital. You will make a similar communication to the Ihiard of Health at both Brock- ville and Prescott, that his Excellency will aulhori/e the payment of any reason- able expense %vhieh may be incui'red in sujiplyinc; tini Eniii;rant IIosi»ilals ^\ ith such articles as the I5oard of Health may reconnneud. In all cases where Emi- grants are forwarded at tiie expense of tlie Government, you will j;rant an order for their conveyance similar in form to those which 1 sent you on the 21st instant, and send me a weekly list of the names of tlie parties forwarded by you, and also their destination. I am, &c. (Signed) A. B. IIAWKE. John Pattoii) Esquire, Prescott. I if SIR, E.AIIGRANT OFFICE, Toronto, fith September, ISot. INIr. Patfon having sent to me a copy of yom* Letter addressed to him on tiie 27th ultimo, and also of his answer to the same on the '.l()l\\ following, I thtuight it my duty to .submit both for the information of the Lieutenant Governor, and I am directed by his Excellency to address a ivw ohscrvalions fur the consideration of the Committee relative to the Corres])onde:!ce in (jnestion. It appears that your liett 'r to JMr. Pattom was written in consequence of a communication from '' IMr. .7. C IJuchanan', addressed to the Se(;vet:My ol' the Emigrant C/ian7aZ»/e Society," of ^Montreal, coniiilaitiini; of the misapplication of their funds, and of the sulierings which he witnessed among the Immigrants, dining his recent journey down the St. Jjawrence, and more particularly at Erockvillc ; and you t^xpress your surprise " that after the letter recciviMl fiom Lieut. Colonel Rowan, any Emigrants have been allowed to be in distress, either in Prockville or Prescott, as you conceive the instructions transmitted applied to both places." In order to shew that the Government of Upper Canada have done all in their jiower when apprised of the existence of distre>s am '!i;,',st the Emigrants to ali'oi'd prompt relief, I beg to state, that on the first intiiiiatiuu that the Cliolera had made its appearance, tickets for free passages \vere t:ent from this Otlice to iMr. Patton, to be given to those Emi:4!'ants who stood most in need of tiiem ; and that on the 2ii\ .luly, IMr. Patton was oid.ired to jivoci-ed to IJrockville lor the purpose of making such arrangements for the pre'Civatiuu of the health of the Emigrants as circumstances retiin('i! anil coait'orls f(ir tlic t^'.cli, and to Coin. aid tlie iiuli^t'nt to Toroiito, whciv they U'ould be piovidi'd witii v.oik. On tlie 2lk\, till! day roilowliii;, Mv, Patton was iijijiriiiud tliat a ,V"ry !!'.>i.stan(i' to tlu! sick, and t(t in;dsi: ar- rangomcnls lor the iinnu'dialo d('|>ar(;irc ol'tdl irul.'^i ni. ''huigiaiits who could nut lind ciuploynu'nt in Ills ncighboiirliood. On relVnin;,^ to jMr. Patton's Li'ttcrs, I do not find n single complaint as to lli(> existence tti" any distress occasioned l>y t!ie Maiit oi' means Jbr its relief. On tlic 2jtli July, ]Mr. Patton applied t\,v, and obtained authority to purchase a small quantity of provisions for the use of Enii:;i ants who expected to obtain emjiloymeiit ill .1 few days on the St. Lawrence; and on the •^7t!j of the same inontli, he stated his intention (d' hiring a building for tlie use of the Knii:;rants at Brockville, in ii more convenient and healthy situatioiij which was also immediately sanctioned by bis Excellencv. 'I'lu! Committeo will perceive that these instrin^tinns were scut to Mr. Patton lieiwceii the P. tli and 2od July; and it ajijieius Mr. Uuchanan visited Prescott ilie latter jiart of August, conseipiently, if distress existed in either iJrockville or Prescott, at the period of his visit, it (annot be attributed to any want of attention I'll the part of the Government ol' thi:; Provin(;e. It will, I am confident, give the ("onimittce much jdeasure to h'arn, that not- ^\itlHtandiI!g the j)revaleiice of the Asiatic Ciiolera, the emigrant population of iliis season who reijnired employment and assistani'e, have so I'ar succeeded in ob- taining both ; and that although this Province has already rceived an JxUdition to its population of nearly oO,0(JO settlers, they h.ive been so completely absorbed, ibat a stranger travelling through the country would scarcely be sensible of an increase. 1 am also desired by his Excellency to convey the expression of his thanks (o the Sanitary Committee for their benevolent c?certi.)ns in bel.alf (f the Emigrants chn- iiig the jireseiit trying season, ■md for having sent so many valuiibli! labourers to tills Province; and to assure the Committee, that he will continue to urge the Agents stationed at all the Ports where Emigrants are necessarily detained, to uive them every assistance to enable them toreadi their respective destinations with -n little delay and exposure as circumstances will admit ol'. I am. Sir, Yoi;r most obedient humble Servant, A. IIAWKP, 'i". S. iJnowN, Esfj. Honorary Secretary, Sanitary Committee, IMoiitreal. TIk' tbllowinp; is tho reply of the Corres;[)oiiuln,^' Sonctary «»f tlie EmigTiint Society to ;i Note requostiiig- intbfiiiatiou upon the nature of Mr. Buchanan's appoiiitnieut as " His Majesty's Chief Agent for Einlfjrants." Montreal, 1st Scptanha-, IS.'Jl-. Sill, I have the honour to acknowledge the receijit «>f your Communication cf Saturday last; aud beg to say in reply, that I am not informed of the nature of the 18 APPENDIX. nppnmtmpnt of Mr. Bucfianak, as " II. M Chief A!;>Mit," nor am I aware that till! Montreal Eini^n-aiit SiK-iety li:ive ever reeeived any ailviee or assistance from him, beyond wliat may lie eoni lined in ilie tnelostd commuuication,* which I luust Leg the favour of you to return to me. I have the honour to bo Sir, your obedient Servant. JOHN KETIIUNE, Cor. See. M. E. S. T. S. Bi;owN, Esq. Hon. Sec. M. S. C. &c. &c. &'c. n MoNTiiEAi. Emigrant Society's Officb, lS(h September, 1831. SHI, I am desired by the Emi;,'rant .Society to aeknowledgo the receipt of yoni communieation of the li'tli instant, enclo^iii;; a resolutlDii of tlie Special Committee of the PJontrcal Sanitary Committee, expressive of its determination to discon- tinue the forwarulni; of de^tifute I^mii^rants from that period. I am further desired by the Einii;i'ant Society to communicate to you the fol- lowing Resolve passed at a meeting held this d iy : — " Resolved — Tiiat as the Eini^rant Society is wholly destitute of funds, and as an appeal to the public at this time, when there are such great and pressing de- mands upon its charity for the mainte;ianee of widov/s and orphans, must be nearly hopeleis ; and as there are siill eases of Ciiolcra of almost daily occur- rence in town; and as from the p;i t experience of this Society, more Emi- grants maybe expected toariive in the course of the end of this, and the beginning of the next month, whose immediate removal may be considered essential to the presL'rvalion of the pulilic iiealtli — the Sanitary Committee bn solicited (with our warmest llianks lor their past exertions) to have the kind- ness to continue to forward destitute Emigrants until tlie close of this seasou of navigation." I have the honour to be Sir, your most obedient Servant, JOHN BETHUNE, Cor. See, M. E. S. T. Peltier, Esq. Sec. Special Committee M. S. C. &c. &c. &c. SANITARY COMMITTEE, AuGi;sT 2;i, 18:ji.. IE,) The undersigned Committee appointed on the ISlh instant " to call upon the Agents of the different Steamboats to endeavour to make some arrangement regard- ing the number of passengers to be brought up by each according to the size or tonnage of the Boats, and to report their answer at the next meeting of this Com- mittee" — Report as follows : « A Letter informing that hecow/d not obtain a return of the Emigrant Tax from two TMtels therein uiuatioiicd. I T irfi that :c IVora khich I S. \ APPKXUIX. I 19 Tint from tliocoinplaints mi-.di' Iiy tliii c'ltiz'.Mi^i i,i coiisfqiipncn of tlio Rlf;>nibo,its from Qiii'I)i'i; In'iiu;' oiu'ii ovi'i'-cros/ilid wiili emigrant l)a^sl•ll 'its, (ircasloiiiu^ sic.k- ii('S') on board, aiiil ('iiilai)L:,'i'iii:; tlv! licallli of tin* city on tlii'lr arrival liiu'c, your Couiinittro <'iii!rav.)iircil to a'C'ilaiii U'lial, wotilil 1k« a I'aii" i»r, was sulnuittcd to tiiu A^t'ilts of tlio SU'.'.niboats, and a^iv;'d to by soiui! of liieiu ay follou'b : — TONNAGE or STEAMni)ATS NAVICAllNG lUrJWilLN OULKKC ami MONTIIEAL 'i'oiim "P, I'.'i; iiu'lad. 4 r.i;7 11 (COPY.) "We, tlie undnrsii^jnod, Owricis and A'l'vits of Stonmboats, having talicn into considuration tin; i>i'o])iisal (»!' tin; Sanitary Cnuiniittcf lor an ai ranui'iiicnt respoct- iiig the nuailiL'r of i»is.jiMincrs t) Ii.? bronjiii ii|) at cacli triiilroin Q'lu'n'c to iMont- rca!, do ln'rid)y ]ir.)MiI:.i! t.i iiaiit tlii'iu f.irllii- rcaia'ndL'r of tlip si-ason by tbe Doats iind.'r onr nvui i',,'('i!ii'nt i('-.;i:'itiv,'Iy to tho pri.'iiortiun of four passon^eis for every live tons rrgi,-.ter nieasnipnunit." Moutreal, •22a An.^iist, IS'JL. (Sijjned) JN'O. IMOLSON c'l- SONS, ^Igcnlsfof t.'ic St. Livrroirc Slcninhoat Compamj. (Signed) JOHN TOPtPcANCE & CO. Ji;cnl,s /;'>■ ii'ic Mo.'itre il Tow Beat Company. (Signpd) WHJJAM SPIEPtS, jt J lit for iJia CmiarHiin Ettjlc and I.ady of the Lake. IMr. PniM.tr'; on bolialf of llii' Canailian Patriot, didincd acceding to the arrangi!m;'nt — ;iiviir4' bis reasons thns ■ — " The Patriot will allow as many siipcrfnial feet on di>ek Air each passenger as the Eagle, to take i)assi'nL;ei-s in tliar, |ir.>j)orti!Hi, tb;- toniiajfe not bidiu^ in fair pro- portion as regards tbi' Patriot, none of ber iii»i);'r deck bjing dcvoled to cabin pas- Bengers. Or, The Patriot will be willing to limit her number of passengers to the same as the Eaule ha3 aiireed to." 20 APPENDIX. Your CoinmiitPo ai;;'!:i aul i!ie Ai:(ii! i v.Im li.il -si^iiKMl (li,- A';n'i'iii»'rit. Tlicy •ItHilared tlifinsi'lviis uillin;,' to iiilrr into any ;u r!ii!i;cnM'ii!, .'is Kt tin- iiwiiil)i'r <;!' pussciigerss ti> lie rci;iilat('il by toniia;;!', wlilcli yoiii" Coniniiticc wmilil iccoiniiii'U"! as being nM|iiisito lor tli.- piil/lic Inalili, imovIiIimI it wiiuld lie aclcil iiiioii l»y till llic Boats ; but tijcy woiilil not a;;i\u t(>;.;i\i.' any |taili('iilar IJoat an advaij'.aijt! l.t'yiMnl tho OtlllTS. In fulviu'tiiig t(» -ill*, riiilliiis' reply, yoiir Coumiilti'i' arc inl'orini'd tliat tlic acooniinoilatioii I'ltr ('nilL;iaiit |';isi'.i)ri'i.> on l/saril tlii« Palr.dt aro not so e\ti'ii:>ivc 118 those ol' the, scarcely more than reiiiiisife I'oi- lier iirewood, and so hot I'roni tbe boilers bein^; below as to be very unliealtby (o tiu; passengers. These two boats not being in port, your (.'oniniittee can mal;c no reference in llieir report on tin- coniparalivi! advantages uhicli IMi". Pbiilijt. staled the Piilriot to jtossess. Your Committee regret to state (hat as all tbe Agents ol" I'oats have not agreed to the ])roposed arrangement, tbe agreement sigiu'd by some id' them is, uecardiiig to previous understainling, tt> he considered void. Montreal, 2dd Augu-t, 11 31. JAMJ:S CARS[n:LT., JAMES DLXt'A.N CilUB. I'Vlix Soiili^ny, Esi'ulre, y Chairman of the Special Saniiaiy Coniniitti.'e, ^ Montreal. J i. ^ The following Atlitl;ivit is ]iiiiill!Sii('(l from tlio clrcninstaiico oi'its having- been known in I\loutieal lon<;- Ix^foro tlio ariival of tiic Sisters, that an unseaworlliy vessel <<[' tliat name had been laid on for passengers at Londoiidcrvy : — District of 'JIontuical, y.s. Personally ai)peared before jne, Adam L. Maer.ider, E.-(j , one of bis ?vi ij.'-ly'x Justices appointed to keep (be Peace for tlie District of ^lontrcd, Dominick I\PDevot, of the PcU'isli of Kllmacreinian. County ^>^' Donivi'I!, Irel.nid, wlio being aiily sworn upon the Holy Evangelists, (Lposolii .and >~.d\l\i, 'J'iiat tin- De- ponent and his two brotliei's paid to I\Ir. Ciu;!:, Sliip Agi'Ut of Louilondeiry, the sum of forty shillings each fur their jiassage by the brig Sisters, Captain Drydeii, bound from that port to (iueljcc. That the brig sailed from Londonderry aboi't tbe lltliof June with about ninety passengers, and that after being live days at. sea, slie sjirung a leak of such a dangerous ntiture, that iiotwithstaiuliiig every exertiiii tiieii; remained about four feet of wat(!r in the hold. 'Jbe passengers, k,otli men ami '..imen, were comj)eIled to assist tlie crew in keej)ing tbe vessel clear. I pon ibis tbe er.-w i e- I'used to work unless the Captain put the sliip about, and yume ol' them v.ei i> ( ey- ing on account of the danger. The crew also counselled the passengers to tie the Captain, saying that they would then take the vessel back to Ireland. Al'tei- this tbe Captain wjis compelled to put about, and she arrived in Londoncb-riy after being about nine days out, when she was put upou the stocks lor rejiairs. Tiio brig then r.;uiaijiud in por; ^ Til,.;, r..lMT snih'(l witli twciUyl^vo iiri:;so!igtM's, the rumain- ili'i' bt'i/ii; iilViiiil l(t rr-finliiirK, iiI(h(Mij^li (hey I'oi rcitcil iljcir |i;i:,s;igi' indiicv. The j»iiss(!iiaci's were iiiMo at raid ol" ihf C'aptaiii on iicci'iint t-l' liis «|iiarrrlh(iinc disposi- tion. One liiniily to(dv pns.siiyc (or i'hiladt.'I|dii.i. All I lie ( re w of tlic Sisters left \h'v, exccjit thij iiiati.', tin; took, and oiio aj'itiontici". (Sisn.-d) J)0:.IIM(:K M'DKVOT. Sworn In loio me, } lliii liit (lay of Si-jitrinlu'r, 18'>1, J -\i)An li. ?.!AtMi)i.n, J. P. SANir.MlY t'OM.Mn FEE, SoiT.AyciEs, :,'jih jliiqust, '834. SIK, 0;: lidiair ci" thi' S.uiilruy Coi.wnittce of Soulanf^ps, X Iiuve llii- honour «tf iran'iiuittii'j; the llrlnni of Chol.i'a Cases to tlii^ liat'j ; albo aji account of expenses iiH'iiirid I'jf aticnilaiiee, ive. U has been oltsi-rveil \^-illi re :inet to the resident iiopiilatiim liere fliat the disease has been princi;>al'y CLiifi^ed to inrsoiis in indigent circinnslnnces ; and that al- most in every c .e lli(! (':u!!i> h;'.i heLii tK'.ced t^i some previDii:-. indiMcretion or im- pnidenee v.n the pratol'lhe iiidaidiial ; and tha(, (herei'ure, this p:ii't of the eountry, eonsidi rii);c th;it \\.\ balk of t!ie p>>pnIation is of the laboniing e'ass, has, happily, beiii V( fy heallhy, ('■p' ially dnriui;' the season of field labour. With 1' V jicet, t(» the .E!i'.i;;i'nnts, the asrertained causes are chltily owing to the fatigue ni;d!'ri;on.' by tho-.e in inipaiee I lurlth, tate of erdi.utitinn, and the erowded state of some of the boats, and C',;' s^fiUL-nt want of aecoiniiiodation at nij;hl, %vhicli oblijj;es the i;ini:',:ant toslup in (lie op('ii air, and, usually oil the haee gnmnd, parfieii- larly sinre iIk; barns aiv liiled with the harvost. '1 he Coiiiniittee raniiot pass over in silence tb.e ir.defat!^;able exertions, at all seasons, (;f tin- iMcdical Atj-ndant, D(\'toi' ^rXAiiiS, and they have to hear ctiual tesfiinony to (he rci)otiti^'ii of iliat zeal and ai:^Muiiy of the lleveieiul i\Ir, lilaii- rhet, which lie so consi»icn<;iisly evinced on ji tiirmer melancholy occasion. ]\Ir. I.owthian deserves jiKo much praise for the le.uiiiiess with whiih he fjiive up his farm-house at l'<.iiite-a-IIiuMi, (a very elii;i!iie situatirn) for the purpos:'s of an Hospital, as also for his iKiviti;;' I'rcely pen»iitted that those who died there miijht be interrcil on his a;Ij;iinini; piemises. The (.'o-.ii;iiiti\i tiusi,-; tliat the accounts (d' tiie vaiious expenses attending the treatment of the s.lclc, thus far, cctisiderin.'r the niniil.'L'r of cases, will Jmt be le- eeived as iinreu-oii.blo ; .".t all eM"i;ts, 1 have to oll'er the assurances «;f tl'.e Com- mittee that the injunction of economy has been stiietly adhered to. Th.! R( port has Ijeen made up to tliii d:ile, from the circumstance that the disease has been ir.aioria'ly arr;-;.lcd, and in the hope that the subsequent cases may not be more iiuincrous than can bo iitet by individual hubsciii)tions ; but if other- wise, (wliicli may rrovideure rv"rt!) they liiir>t to their ohtaininj;- an extension of lh;it jtecuuiary a^ :'^'t"T!;:e which the Sanitary Committee of ."Montreal has already so i;euerously h.ld out to them. 1 have the hoiiour to he, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) ETm:, ROY, rsEsiDUNi, To F. Souligny, E:i<(uirc, Cliairman of the Jommittee, IVIcntreal. ! !i*; on slmi" at (!;i! Cedars on tlio Glh nnrl 11th of August, IVoin two louts iti a very crcvdcil ^t.iti", on thuir voyai^o U2)'.var(lst Souhiiigcs, Aiii,'ust 21, IB.jk (Si-tied) JOHN M'XADS, rJi;i)icAL Attendant. AtaMoctinj:^ lu'Ll at Lnciiinc, cm IMou.lny cvcniii^ t]:o 27th Oc- tobcri 1831, 1— Resolved, Tlirit in rnn^fTiprirt; of vpili;;! intiinnt'on from the. ficcrrtriry nnrl Tre;v-ii'.vr, IMr. II.\yi;s, cf a d -slro cxprcsii'd Ity iIk* ijunitary Coinniittccin Montreal, to dclVay llie rxjionsi's incin'i'cd this scasctn by tlin Emigrant ii!i(l S,i:iitary .S,i(i(-ly of La^liino — i'liat tii," S;Mi'('tary and 'JVcasurcr ba authorised anJ rtvino- ted to pr.'.are a (h'ialii'il Stitoineat of tliosi; oxju-nscs, and to trari'-anit th;' sumo oi' Jj.ilanct! thereof uiipaiJ to the Sanitary Com- mittee in ?Jontreal. 2— Resolved, Tliat Unctor And.':--!;!n, havinij at tlin spivdal desire oftlic Society, attended profossionally diirin.',' a period of two umnlhs, comniencin.rj on tlio 14th July last, on indigent Kin'urants at lU-' Slicd and Hospital, &c. he ii entitled to liberal Coi.ipen'.atiDn lor ^aid .services. 3 — Resolved, Tlmt hia case be respretfully reconnnend hI to the favourable consi- deration of the Sanitary CVminittee in IMontii'al. 4 — Resalvcd, Tiiat the S.'cretary and Treasin-i r be ir.stnieted to transmit a copy of the forei^din^ llesoliitiuns to the S,itiit;iry Cumniittee in Montreal, iic- conjpanied by a request that said (Joiiuuittee will be pleased to take early cominnnieation on the subjeet, and to favo'ir this Society with their deci- sion thereon. 5 — Resolved, Tiiat this Jleeting do adjourn. Signed by order. JOHN IIAIES, Secretauy and Tjieasurer. Return nfthe Cholera ITosphcd, Lachlnc, from Jul// 14 to Scptemhtr 18, 1831-. Number of Cliolera Patients admitted into the Hospital, 31 I>'«d 22 Recovered and discharged, 12 LacLine, 27th October, 183i. JNO. ANDERSON, Attending Piivsician. i < Col of I'V. APPENDIX. la consi- 1834. ChiKliv,. A'U.lt;. Td!. Clwl, DUilT Dii. lb.;!. riUST WEluK. July 12... 1.}... II... \5... 1(5... 17... 7 7 18... 11 1 2 i;{ 7 u; 11' 11 1 <■} M) l.J 21 1 I () 17 i;i l:j I 10 7 n H 9 Atigiii't 0.. 10 .10 ii...'.^'; l;.^..|:! i:!... (i ll....'(t 1.3... 8 (•!,!■, 1 I'll A.!ii!H. Tnt. ril'lil WKKIC. '2\ v.) •11 'Jl i(i 2.'} 11 40 .*il. 10 21 21 :;() 2:J 17 2l5 11 Total 37 (il. 101 (iO •! 1 Total OS IM, July 10... 1 1 10 27 H) 20... 11 21... 10 1) 2-2...l:i -^'i 2;j...i:i 1') 21... H 2j...l.'i 11 17 2.'') 2!) 1!) 21 R Anijustin. 17. 17 1>) 17 U l,j ■J 8 17 12 -> •■J Total 72 1)J 17 7 Tiinu) \vi:r.K. .27 lis a 7 17 11 If) l:} 12 10 1 ) 7 .J 'J H 10 11 r» 9 6G 7 7 8 1'2 10 10 no 61 5y 1 ) 20 July 20 27 2S 2!).. .21' 30... r> .•JI...20 August I. ..21 20 •M »> > 2 1< 27 .SO ■■J". .V) .30 .•>•} IS 1.2 .■>o ■1.; Total 140 205 .'M.j FOL'iirii \vi; ;•!•;. J l.'i 5S ■> 1. .■i7 August 2...1. 3...1.'i ".n. 4<...l7 10 ;5i) H) •IJ 12 ;i) • . •> • 10 2.:i .'!9 2(i 7 8 (> i;5 12 17 b7 20 1 I Aii:;iit -'.'5.. 2.). 2(1. ■JS. 21). .^K'.'KNTIl WF.KK. <) I S ■ ) 10 (> 10 18 8 12 13 5 ■IJ 7 7 9 1 8 5 5 .'i 32 10 1» 10 7 8 4i Toi.il oM)>i:y'?V>!- Ml' l'i^7 SS2 115 It G...13 22 40 35 2!) ) 17 20 10 7... 18 .30 a I. 10 11. * N, It ill!' Catliclic Ground. .ii il;r i'nitnstaiit Ground. (.'li.'i.. ii.'i '.\si:s 8. 3:. \- .J.J 7 lu' ali'i'. 'r.i'.iK- liiis I)(cii carefully re- Co Total 109 202 311 212 09 vis^l a;Ml \mmon Council ,i\c.'tc ■(7 Hall, Monlrca!, J:rr!: s o (-*■ -5 N^ h-^ S3 r^ ^ ^ •^ N i; p ,, 1 /i ^i ■B .-0 c "5 u^ t o T ::< 1 1 ^1 1 1 ►^' s i1 1- =;. 5 ?3 S) ^' cr H S "■ Ss. • • cc G«6 • C^ H ; ^ s ^3 • ' • O •>$ ►^ cc a 0--r 20 w.n-s. i _c - o =^. •-J ' (—1 HI ?i- ivs C-; i<. Ovi'i- 1 J,. Will's. 'J. C iC 1 i w c; X Uiidirl 'yi-iirs. 2 i H -1 ^'^' -- L/l ?^'iCc.SUi>,lcr7vca-s, ° ! •■■1 M* 1 c^ CO -- cr. cc « i ^r - ?^ iMliints. O ! P* ? 1 w C-t c^ -■ ^ 1 •^1 >— ri> u- r _ _ CrJ O W^ lOTAL. C---!OC5' ] H TC fCi " ._ — ., ^— " [ H £; 2; Ilrockvlllc arid * k^ Si .iwPi'cLcott. Ci f''c i ^ f^ 1^! El a tj-* l£ Cornwall anil s „_|Gk'ng:iry. © I- '-!— c-:-' »-j « .^ 1 ^ •^ kii. ("!iiit(';ni!;ii;iy lie "■•""and Ci'dri's. O M s> 1 :s t; J,; Lucliine. H* _^ 5L- *^ »^ I> 9 ;>. iC ic Pivtown and :r. OS, t: — I-!-' Loclmbcr. M ■•-:- u;- X ^- e~ I'oiiit J'lirtiino 01. -1 '^ i'^St, Andnnvs ^ 1 Sm <% TTT r- cr. (v tC ►!* 1 f— 1 .-lV-|i|M Total. ! j 00 00 PT •.:li:U-l-W|^ 1 1 tf'' «!- 1 • THE END. If' ^.M^:^. •>$ *^ ^ CV o ?i- M ^ l^ ^ § ,,1 hi« 5 § fl^ H ."IN »4 •^ M «s. i^ Cr" C^ 'J2 ^ R » s t'*. *3 5 « Q r» <1 M C5 s> K* :s >,i< <^*. :>. C?i c^ e*. ss ««♦. Sm ft Wf* r^^ ^ *<